Somewhat related: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1239675564199481347.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1239675564199481347.html >The President said

Somewhat related: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1239675564199481347.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1239675564199481347.html >The President said today that governors should try to get things like respirators and masks on their own. The problem with that approach is that suppliers will have to emergently engage w 50 different state purchasers who would in effect be competing for supply. 8/x >Instead, the US fed gov should be central buyer and partner to this industry. It brings substantial immediate resources, and clarity. And when manufacturers make new ventilators in a mass effort, the fed gov would help organize their distribution around the country. 9/x >What we need is a massive fed gov program to buy ventilators on unprecedented scale and with unprecedented speed. They don’t need to be the fanciest ventilators on the market. They need to be able to keep ARDS pts alive through course of COVID infection. 10/x >This @forbes article gives snapshot of vent industry and a sense of what might be possible. It quotes one US manufacturer from 2 days ago saying he could ramp up production 5 fold but he hasn’t been asked to do it yet.